Refrigerator



J. A. WEIR.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILI-:D APR. 2s, 1921.

Patented 001. 18, 1921.l

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l. A. WEIR.

REFRIGERATOR.

- APPLICATION FILED APR. 25,1921 1,393,929, Patented Oct. 18, 1921-.

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH A. WEIR, OF

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed April 26, 1921.

To all fr0/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. Winn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee,useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to refrigerators and has for its object toproduce a device of this character which will be simple in construction,comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and more efficient in use thanthose heretofore proposed.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel details of construction and combinations of parts more fullyhereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which like numerals designate like parts in all theviews:

Figure l is a diagrammatic plan view of a refrigerator made inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the parts shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts illustrated in Figs. l and 2 with thecover members thereof removed, showing the interior of the refrigerator;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal, vertical sectional view taken approximately onthe line 4-4 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, longitudinal, vertical, sectional view takenapproximately on the line 545 of Fig. 1; an

Fig. 6 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken approximately onthe line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

l indicates any suitable outer receptacle constructed of wood or othermaterial and of any desired dimensions within which is fitted an innerreceptacle 2 preferably of metal and spaced from said outer receptacle1, to provide an air space 3 therebetween, which space 3 may, ifdesired, be filled with mineral wool, asbestos, charcoal, or othernon-conducting or heat insulating material. The said inner receptacle 2is provided with a bottom member 4 upon which rests one or Specificationof Letters Pa tent.

have invented certain new and APatented Oct. 18, 1921. serial No.464,493.

more supporting members 5, of wood or other suitable material, whichmembers 5 preferably take the form substantially as shown. Upon the saidmembers 5 are mounted a plurality of ice receiving cans 6,7, and 8,preferably of liquid tight metal construction, which cans are adapted tobe filled with a mixture of ice and salt. Each of the said ice receivingcans is provided with one or more outlets such as 9 located rather nearthe top of the said can, and associated with each of the said outlets isa drain pipe lO which may be secured to the wall of the ice cans in anysuitable manner as by the strap mem ers 11, and which drain pipes leadthrough the top of the supporting members 5 to a drip water or brinereceiving pan 12, preferably iocated below the said supporting members,as will be clear from the drawings.

Leading from each of the drip 19 are pipes 13 emptying into a commontrough or receiving member 14, from which leads a final drain pipe 15through the walls of the inner and outer receptacles 2 and 1 to theexterior of the refrigerator.

The device may be provided with any desired number of hinge-d doors orlids 16, for the purpose of permitting access to the interior, whichlids may be suitably constructed and provided with heat insulatingmaterial similar to the body portion of the refrigerator, as will bereadily apparent.

In use the ice receiving cans 6, 7, and 8 are filled with a mixture ofbroken ice and salt, and are then placed within the inner receptacle 2resting upon the wooden supportingmembers 5 in the manner clearlyindicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The ice water pans 12 are placed inposition beneath the supporting members 5 and any foodstuffs or othermaterials which it is desired to keep cool are introduced into thereceptacle through the hinged top members 1G, as will be readilyapparent.

It will be noted that by this construction employing the woodensupporting members, or racks 5, a free circulation of air is permit tedto pass at all times on all sides and under the ice receiving. cans 6, 7and 8, and it has been proven under actual conditions that meat andother perishable articles can be kept from l2 to 14 days in goodcondition when stored in this manner. Furthermore, when the foodstuffsare removed they are always dry.

water pans By the location of the doors in the top of the refrigeratorthe warmer portion of the air within will always escape whenever one ofthe doors is opened and should there be no occasion to open these saiddoors, I have provided an auxiliary vent means 17 adapt-v further, dueto the agitation of the waterv resulting from the flow from one pan toanother, the eficiency of the apparatus is increased, for such agitationresults in an increased absorption of the heat by the brine from thesurrounding air. Y

I have found that under actual working conditions employing a box S feetlong and i feet wide constructed and operated as above disclosed, thatit is very easy to maintain a temperatureV of from 260 to 280 It., withfrom 100 to 150 pounds of ice daily. Also, that about 1200 pounds ofmeat may be stored in a box of this size and be kept in good conditionVat all times. Further, as will be readily apparent, the various icereceiving cans and ice water pans may be readily removed for cleansingboth the cans as well as the box itself, leaving only the inner andouter receptacles, thus facilitating the cleaning of the latter to avery great extent.

It is obvious that .thoseskilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction, as

well as the arrangement of parts, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, and therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the abovedisclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What VI claim is:

1. In a refrigerator the combination of a receptacle; a vent leadingfrom the interior to the exterior ef said receptacle; upwardly openingclosures in the top of said receptacle; a readily removable opencontainer adapted to hold ice and salt mounted within said receptaclewith its open end adjacent said closures; an outlet nearthe top of saidcontainer for the drip water; readily removable means for supportingsaid container out of contact with. the side and bottom walls of saidreceptacle, whereby a free flow of air is permitted on all sides of saidconscribed.

tainer; a'readily removable drip water receiving pan within saidreceptacle adapted to receive the drip water from said outlet; a drainleading from said outlet to said pan; and connections kbetween said panand the exterior of said receptacle adapted to convey said drip water-from said pan, substantially as described.

2. In a refrigerator the combination of a receptacle comprising innerand outen members secured in spaced relation; upwardly opening closuresin the top of said receptacle; a plurality of readily removable opencontainers adapted to hold ice and salt mounted within said receptaclewith their open ends in close proximity to said closures; readilyVremovable means for supporting saidk containers out of contact with` areceptacle comprising inner and outer Y members secured in spacedrelation, said space being filled with a heat insulating ma-V terial; avent means leading from the interiorto the exterior of said receptacle;a plurality of readily removable containers within said receptacleadapted to contain ice and salt; readily removable members forsupporting said containers out of contact with the side and bottomwallsof said receptacle, whereby a free flow of air is permitted on all sidesof said containers; a pair of readily removable drip water receivingpans located within said receptacle beneath said supporting members;connections adapted to transfer drip-water from said containers to saidreceiving pans; a third readily removablD water receiving pan;connections between each of said first twopans and said third pan ;VVand a drain leading from said third pan, substantiallyas de whereof Iaflix my signature.

In testimony i .rosari-r A. were.

